The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. For those with kids, that figure leads to wild fantasies about all the money we could have banked if not for

Joseph, our 11th child was born on October 4, 2001 with HLHS. Our family spent over 4 months in Melbourne while he underwent surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital. Although his recovery was not totally free of complications, over all he has done really well. Since being home, he has come along in leaps and

In memory of our beautiful boy Max Dennis Henry Round (HLHS). In June 2002 our sons Henry and Max were born, our two beautiful boys. Max was diagnosed with an extremely serious congenital heart defect called Hypo Plastic Left Heart Syndrome. The boys were born in Adelaide, however the only place equipped to care for

Believe it or not, the “meaning of health” is a tricky question. I believe that the essence of health is balance and a kind of inner resilience that allows you to move through the world unharmed by all the things out there that have the potential to injure you. Part of being healthy means that

Once upon a time, there was a man and a lady who faced a horrid burden. Their lives had become strained and every day they shared a constant uphill battle of climbing up a huge mountain. The mountain was very overwhelming, it was far too high, and the journey was far too long. Even if